Ukraine may receive six more Patriot systems from NATO partners.
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German Chancellor Scholz stated this. The other day, Germany already announced that it would immediately transfer one such system.
Ukraine has recently been actively calling on partners to provide it with air defense systems, in particular Patriot, to repel Russian air attacks.
Now there are seven Patriot systems for Ukraine, one of which is ours. And we found six more,” Scholz said at a briefing on April 18.
We know that the United States now requires a clear signal that this will continue for a long time, and this is what we are talking about as we now try to ensure the supply of sufficient quantities of weapons, artillery and ammunition, and the paramount air defense.
After the two Patriot systems we have already delivered, we are now the country that is making a significant contribution by delivering a third such system.
Our NATO partners have several more launchers that could be a solution to better defend against the many attacks that Ukraine is currently suffering from,” Scholz said.
On March 27, after a series of merciless attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that a number of countries around the world own Patriot systems, and these systems can and should be transferred to Ukraine as soon as possible, and also called on partners to find the appropriate political will.
On March 28, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that the United States did not transfer Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine – other countries did. According to him, five to seven units of this system could unlock the sky for industry, schools and the work of the Ukrainian military.
On April 10, EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said that EU armies have 100 Patriot batteries, but cannot provide seven of them to Ukraine.
On April 13, Zelensky announced that Germany would supply Ukraine with an additional Patriot system and missiles for existing air defense systems.
Source: Racurs
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